I wish a medium sized meteor struck earth in my lifetime... not large enough to wipe us out but big enough we could all see if it would be like the movies & TV shows. But not on top of me, or near me, maybe hit somewhere far away I don't care about like the Himalayas or China or Africa.

Well... this is awkward. But as I have very little shame, only slightly awkward.

I wish a medium sized meteor struck earth in my lifetime... not large enough to wipe us out but big enough we could all see if it would be like the movies & TV shows. But not on top of me, or near me, maybe hit somewhere far away I don't care about like the Himalayas or China or Africa.

Well... this is awkward. But as I have very little shame, only slightly awkward.

Did you know Congress passed some law in the 80s eliminating tax deductions for business expenses if you sold drugs to make it so coke dealers couldn't decide to pay taxes and claim their guns and speed boats as legit business expenses... At least that was the theory.

Like all government intervention in free markets its had unintended bad consequences. I read an article today on the impact this law is having on medicinal marijuana dispensaries. These guys are paying between 50%-75% effective tax rates because they can't claim their payroll, office rent our anything else as a tax deduction unlike every other business in America. Fucking ridiculous. Some industries like construction you can have $90,000 on expense to make a $10,000 profit. Can you imagine making $10K and having to pay taxes on $100k?

60 years apparently since Stalin died. His great purge killed more people than the holocaust, but i guess he's thought of relatively well in Russia today as the shattered remnant of ween empire reminisces about the "glory days".

Here's a little nugget from the purge... The gas van, you don't want to take a ride